Photos: From the shadow of war, a legacy of resistance

Christoph being held by his father, Hans, alongside his sister, Barbara, and brother, Klaus, in 1939.
Dohnanyi family

Photos: From the shadow of war, a legacy of resistance

"My father tried to help people. . . . He just could not see people suffering because they were Jewish, or because they are against Hitler," said Christoph von Dohnanyi of his father’s resistance work during World War II.

Jennifer Taylor for The New York Times/file
| October 12, 2013

The conductor's father was a key member of the German resistance. Pictured, a self-portrait his father, Hans, sketched in a German prison in 1943, two years before he was executed.

New York Review Books
| October 12, 2013

“No Ordinary Men" is a wrenching chronicle of Christoph's parents’ story, providing a rare glimpse into a seminal early chapter in the life of one of today’s most distinguished conductors.

Aram Boghosian for The Boston Globe
| October 12, 2013

Hans and his wife, Christine, in 1927.

New York Review Books
| October 12, 2013

Christoph being held by his father, Hans, alongside his sister, Barbara, and brother, Klaus, in 1939.

Dohnanyi family
| October 12, 2013

“In those days,” Dohnanyi recalled, “we thought even if you are maybe inclining to be an artist or go into music, the most important thing is to build your country up again." Pictured, Christoph in Munich in 1950.